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'''Durjaya''' (Hindi for "difficult to conquer")<ref>{{cite web|title=Durjaya|url=https://www.babycenter.in/babyname/1074885/durjaya|publisher=babycenter.in|accessdate=8 October 2021}} {{unreliable?|date=October 2021}}</ref> was a legendary [[chieftain]] of the [[History of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra kingdom]]. Many ruling dynasties in Andhra and Telangana, such as the [[Kakatiya Dynasty|Kakatiyas]] , Malyalas, Viryalas, the Konakandravadis, the Ivani Kandravadis, the [[Kondapadumati|Kondapadumatis]], the [[Pericchedi|Paricchedis]] and the [[Chagi|Chagis]], are claimed to be his descendants.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |language=en}}</ref> In the opinion of Bhavaraju Venkata Krishna Rao, he probably flourished in the 3rd century AD.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu |first1=Bhāvarāju |title=History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D. |date=1973 |publisher=Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi |page=438 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/History_of_the_Eastern_Chalukyas_of_Veng/1ZIBAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=durjaya%203%20AD |access-date=9 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


'''Durjaya''' (Hindi for "difficult to conquer")<ref>{{cite web|title=The Name Durjaya|url=https://www.babycenter.in/babyname/1074885/durjaya}}</ref> was a legendary [[chieftain]] of the [[History of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra kingdom]]. Many ruling dynasties in Andhra, such as the [[Kakatiya Dynasty|Kakatiyas]] and the [[Velanati Chodas|Velanati Chola]], are claimed to be their descendants. Venna, the earliest chieftain of the Kakatiya Dynasty, was from Durjaya's family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdom of the Kakatiyas|url=https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaKakatiyas.htm|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.historyfiles.co.uk}}</ref>{{sfn|Sastry|1978|p=30}}
Durjaya, now [[North Guwahati]], was the capital of [[Kamarupa kingdom]] under the [[Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)|Pala dynasty]] from 900 to 1100 C.E. Pala rulers built their capital on the banks of the [[Brahmaputra River]] and surrounded it with a rampart and a strong palisade, and named it ''Durjaya'' ("Impregnable").{{sfn|Talbot|2001|p=53}}<ref>Kakatiya Nayaks: their contribution to Dakshinapath's independence (1300-1370) A.D.N. G. Ranga (https://books.google.com/books?ie=ISO-8859-1&id=C58sAAAAMAAJ), p. 12</ref>
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Durjaya (Hindi for "difficult to conquer")[1] was a legendary chieftain of the Andhra kingdom. Many ruling dynasties in Andhra and Telangana, such as the Kakatiyas , Malyalas, Viryalas, the Konakandravadis, the Ivani Kandravadis, the Kondapadumatis, the Paricchedis and the Chagis, are claimed to be his descendants.[2] In the opinion of Bhavaraju Venkata Krishna Rao, he probably flourished in the 3rd century AD.[3]

References

  1. "Durjaya". babycenter.in. Retrieved 8 October 2021. [unreliable source?]
  2. Talbot, Cynthia (20 September 2001). Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra. Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-19-803123-9.
  3. Vēṅkaṭakr̥ṣṇarāvu, Bhāvarāju (1973). History of the Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi, 610-1210 A.D. Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. p. 438. Retrieved 9 October 2021.